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Thanks to John Schultz<\/a> for sending me the latest on the BIP Round Two applications<\/a>. Sadly the new applications are not yet in the searchable directory<\/a> \u2013 but I was able to pull out the Minnesota applications. At least I hope I got all of them that relate to Minnesota in some way.<\/p>\n

Applicant: INSIDEMYCITY LLC
\nApplication ID: 5923
\nContact: SCOTT DAVID ASCHENBRENNER
\n(810) 3091608
\nsaschenbrenner@insidemycity.net
\nProject Title: insideMyCityGateway
\nTo Rural America 2010
\nProgram: Broadband Initiatives Program (BIP)
\nProposed Project Area: Texas
\nProject Type: Last Mile
\nFunding Round: Winter 2010 Broadband Initiatives Program
\nGrant Request:
\nLoan Request:
\nOther Funding: $1,524,445.00
\n$6,531,480.00
\n$6,531,480.00
\nStatus: Application Received
\nDescription: insideMyCity, a proposed Rural CLEC, offering regulated and unregulated services to markets that have less than 1,500 homes and currently have one provider of service such as the local phone company. The funds from this Grant will be used to enhance residential and business communications as well as provide vital connectivity to remote fire, police, ambulance and public sector organizations.
\nPublic Notice Response:
\nBroadband Initiatives Program (BIP)<\/p>\n

Applicant: KEPS TECHNOLOGIES, INC
\nApplication ID: 5415
\nContact: KEVIN CLARK SCHOEN
\n(517) 9993250
\nschoen.kevin@acd.net
\nProject Title: BerrienCass
\nRural Broadband
\nProgram: Broadband Initiatives Program (BIP)
\nProposed Project Area: Michigan
\nProject Type: Last Mile
\nFunding Round: Winter 2010 Broadband Initiatives Program
\nGrant Request:
\nLoan Request:
\nOther Funding: $0.00
\n$7,831,829.00
\n$3,356,498.00
\nStatus: Application Received
\nDescription: Design and construct a lastmile terrestrial broadband network infrastructure connecting to but not including construction of middle and first mile fiber optic cable. It will consist of building FiberToTheHome (and businesses), plus fixed wireless equipment and towers, to provide highspeed broadband to 26,153 unserved houses, and a total of 6,104 unserved businesses, Public Safety Entities and Critical Community Facilities in the rural areas of Berrien and Cass Counties.
\nPublic Notice Response:
\nBroadband Initiatives Program (BIP)<\/p>\n

Applicant: LIGHTHOUSE VIRTUAL CONNECTIONS, INC.
\nApplication ID: 5997
\nContact: DONALD KORFF
\n(269) 8168601
\nDK_Light@ymail.com
\nProject Title: Marcellus Connectivity Initiative
\nProgram: Broadband Initiatives Program (BIP)
\nProposed Project Area: Michigan
\nProject Type: Last Mile
\nFunding Round: Winter 2010 Broadband Initiatives Program
\nGrant Request:
\nLoan Request:
\nOther Funding: $0.00
\n$504,028.00
\n$216,012.00
\nStatus: Application Received
\nDescription: Lighthouse Virtual Connections, Inc. seeks to extend the broadband network within the state of Michigan to the rural communities surrounding the village of Marcellus. Offering Internet access at highspeeds, Lighthouse wishes to provide a fiberoptic network, terminating in a dependable wireless system in order to better serve the 3,109 households, 242 businesses, and various anchor institutions included in the targeted service area.
\nPublic Notice Response:
\nBroadband Initiatives Program (BIP)<\/p>\n

Applicant: MASON, COUNTY TREASURER
\nApplication ID: 7251
\nContact: JOHN GERTS
\n(231) 8435850
\njkgerts@westshore.edu
\nProject Title: Mason County Municipal Fiber to the Premises Project Michigan
\nProgram: Broadband Initiatives Program (BIP)
\nProposed Project Area: Michigan
\nProject Type: Last Mile
\nFunding Round: Winter 2010 Broadband Initiatives Program
\nGrant Request:
\nLoan Request:
\nOther Funding: $0.00
\n$14,833,086.00
\n$5,077,096.00
\nStatus: Application Received
\nDescription: Michigan has the nation’s highest unemployment percentage. The Lake Michigan shoreline is truly an enviable place to live and work. In Mason County there is a digital divide between those with access to broadband and the underserved or unserved. This project will recitfy this inequality\u037e allowing stay at home moms, work at home entrepreneurs and businesses to prosper in the global market.
\nPublic Notice Response:
\nBroadband Initiatives Program (BIP)<\/p>\n

Applicant: METRAMAX GR, LLC
\nApplication ID: 4254
\nContact: TYLER VAN HOUWELINGEN
\n(616) 6389057
\ntyler@azulstar.com
\nProject Title: Comprehensive Community Application for Southern Michigan WiMAX
\nProgram: Broadband Initiatives Program (BIP)
\nProposed Project Area: Indiana, Michigan
\nProject Type: Last Mile
\nFunding Round: Winter 2010 Broadband Initiatives Program
\nGrant Request:
\nLoan Request:
\nOther Funding: $8,793,549.00
\n$20,000,000.49
\n$20,000,000.51
\nStatus: Application Received
\nDescription: AzulStar, together with Clearwire, private investors and local community and public institutions are proposing the creation of a 4G wireless broadband network encompassing the rural and underserved areas within 17 counties in Southern Michigan. The network will utilize mobile WiMAX at 2.5GHz, which is a nonproprietary, 4G wireless broadband technology that outpaces all other broadband technologies in terms of both price and performance. The innovative network will use some 60MHz of licensed spectrum at 2.5GHz to deliver fixed and mobile connections of 10Mbps and beyond. The highly advanced system will have a lasting impact on the target areas by creating a platform for innovation and sustainable economic growth. Given the highly rural and sparse nature of the area being targeted, federal financial assistance is essential in order to make this vision a reality.
\nPublic Notice Response:
\nBroadband Initiatives Program (BIP)<\/p>\n

Applicant: MIDWEST ENERGY COOPERATIVE
\nApplication ID: 6472
\nContact: DAVID ALLEN
\n(269) 4451081
\nmidwest@pulsebroadband.net
\nProject Title: Midwest Energy Cooperative FibertotheHome
\nProject
\nProgram: Broadband Initiatives Program (BIP)
\nProposed Project Area: Michigan
\nProject Type: Last Mile
\nFunding Round: Winter 2010 Broadband Initiatives Program
\nGrant Request:
\nLoan Request:
\nOther Funding: $600,000.00
\n$21,011,663.00
\n$9,004,998.00
\nStatus: Application Received
\nDescription: Midwest Energy Cooperative is a 501 (c) 12 organization. Midwest Energy proposes to build and operate a fibertothehome (FTTH) broadband communications network to bring broadband and provide value to its cooperative members. Midwest Energy has designed the network to ensure that community anchor institutions have access to very highbandwidth broadband to provide essential services to the community as described herein.
\nPublic Notice Response:
\nBroadband Initiatives Program (BIP)<\/p>\n

Applicant: PASTY NET INC
\nApplication ID: 7226
\nContact: CHARLES R HOPPER
\n(906) 3375979
\nboth@pasty.com
\nProject Title: Fiber for the Keweenaw
\nProgram: Broadband Initiatives Program (BIP)
\nProposed Project Area: Michigan
\nProject Type: Last Mile
\nFunding Round: Winter 2010 Broadband Initiatives Program
\nGrant Request:
\nLoan Request:
\nOther Funding: $0.00
\n$7,894,179.00
\n$2,631,395.00
\nStatus: Application Received
\nDescription: Locally established wireless and dialup Internet provider Pasty.net, Inc. proposes to purchase equipment and construct 297 miles of fiber optic network to serve the historic Keweenaw Peninsula. 2,617 unserved and underserved households, businesses and anchor institutions will receive 100 Mbit service. This includes voice, IPTV, future smartgrid transport, and Internet access consistent with the FCC’s National Broadband Plan.
\nPublic Notice Response:
\nBroadband Initiatives Program (BIP)<\/p>\n

Applicant: SPEEDNET LLC
\nApplication ID: 7642
\nContact: JOHN OGREN
\n(248) 5210612
\njohn.ogren@me.com
\nProject Title: SpeedNet Rural Intiative
\nProgram: Broadband Initiatives Program (BIP)
\nProposed Project Area: Illinois, Iowa
\nProject Type: Last Mile
\nFunding Round: Winter 2010 Broadband Initiatives Program
\nGrant Request:
\nLoan Request:
\nOther Funding: $0.00
\n$8,575,892.00
\n$3,852,937.00
\nStatus: Application Received
\nDescription: SpeedNet LLC, a leading provider of wireless broadband services in Michigan, is proposing to utilize licensed 2.5 GHz band spectrum and standardsbased
\nWiMAX 802.16e technology to bring highspeed broadband service to 18 rural counties in Iowa and Illinois where the majority of premises currently lack High Speed Access. The proposed system initially will consist of 144 base stations and ancillary facilities, and will be capable of reaching 32,651 households and 17,891 businesses in the proposed funded service area.
\nPublic Notice Response:
\nBroadband Initiatives Program (BIP)<\/p>\n

Applicant: WEST MICHIGAN BROADBAND, LLC
\nApplication ID: 7784
\nContact: DON NOORDYK
\n(231) 4142887
\ndonnoordyk@yahoo.com
\nProject Title: West Michigan Broadband
\nProgram: Broadband Initiatives Program (BIP)
\nProposed Project Area: Michigan
\nProject Type: Last Mile
\nFunding Round: Winter 2010 Broadband Initiatives Program
\nGrant Request:
\nLoan Request:
\nOther Funding: $349,212.00
\n$0.00
\n$998,000.00
\nStatus: Application Received
\nDescription: West Michigan Broadband seeks to expand its coverage area through the use of USDA funding to provide high speed Internet services to underserved rural areas of West Michigan.
\nPublic Notice Response:
\nBroadband Initiatives Program (BIP)<\/p>\n

Minnesota
\nApplicant: ARROWHEAD ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE INC
\nApplication ID: 6656
\nContact: TERESA HANNAY
\n(616) 2935880
\narrowhead@pulsebroadband.net
\nProject Title: Arrowhead Electric Cooperative FibertotheHome
\nProject
\nProgram: Broadband Initiatives Program (BIP)
\nProposed Project Area: Minnesota
\nProject Type: Last Mile
\nFunding Round: Winter 2010 Broadband Initiatives Program
\nGrant Request:
\nLoan Request:
\nOther Funding: $600,000.00
\n$11,296,239.00
\n$4,841,245.00
\nStatus: Application Received
\nDescription: Arrowhead Electric Cooperative proposes to build and operate a fiber optic network to the residential and commercial members of the cooperative as well to underserved safety and anchor agencies in our service area. This project is designed as an open network allowing multiple qualified vendors to offer services on the system.
\nPublic Notice Response:
\nBroadband Initiatives Program (BIP)<\/p>\n

Applicant: FARMERS MUTUAL TELEPHONE COMPANY
\nApplication ID: 5552
\nContact: JOHN SCHULTZ
\n(651) 9677196
\njschultz@urekabroadband.
\ncom
\nProject Title: Farmers TelephoneLac
\nqui Parle County FTTP Project
\nProgram: Broadband Initiatives Program (BIP)
\nProposed Project Area: Minnesota
\nProject Type: Last Mile
\nFunding Round: Winter 2010 Broadband Initiatives Program
\nGrant Request:
\nLoan Request:
\nOther Funding: $33,851.00
\n$4,826,478.00
\n$4,826,478.00
\nStatus: Application Received
\nDescription: Farmers Mutual Telephone Company in partnership with Lac qui Parle County will provide Fiber to the Premise technology to the remaining 1561 households and 165 businesses and 12 Critical Community Facilities within the county. This network will provide highspeed data, voice and television services to areas of the County with limited access to technology choices. The entire budget for the project will be $9.686 million ($9.653 million in BIP) dollars. This deployment will make Lac qui Parle one of the leading technology counties in the state. Lac qui Parle County Economic Development Authority (EDA) will lead economic development efforts within the County in coordination with this network build to best leverage the network for education, health care, public safety and economic development.
\nPublic Notice Response:
\nBroadband Initiatives Program (BIP)<\/p>\n

Applicant: FEDERATED TELEPHONE COOPERATIVE
\nApplication ID: 7365
\nContact: KEVIN BEYER
\n(320) 3247111
\nkbeyer@fedtel.net
\nProject Title: Rural Morris, MN
\nProgram: Broadband Initiatives Program (BIP)
\nProposed Project Area: Minnesota
\nProject Type: Last Mile
\nFunding Round: Winter 2010 Broadband Initiatives Program
\nGrant Request:
\nLoan Request:
\nOther Funding: $107,500.00
\n$1,493,637.00
\n$1,493,637.00
\nStatus: Application Received
\nDescription: This project consist of building a FTTP system to deploy voice, video, and data services to the Rural Morris, MN exchange. The PFSA is primarily located in Stevens County, with a small portion in Grant County. The PFSA includes 408 residential, 20 Business and 2 anchor institutions.
\nPublic Notice Response:
\nBroadband Initiatives Program (BIP)<\/p>\n

Applicant: FEDERATED TELEPHONE COOPERATIVE
\nApplication ID: 5143
\nContact: KEVIN BEYER
\n(320) 3247111
\nkbeyer@fedtel.net
\nProject Title: Rural Appleton, MN
\nProgram: Broadband Initiatives Program (BIP)
\nProposed Project Area: Minnesota
\nProject Type: Last Mile
\nFunding Round: Winter 2010 Broadband Initiatives Program
\nGrant Request:
\nLoan Request:
\nOther Funding: $0.00
\n$630,289.00
\n$630,289.00
\nStatus: Application Received
\nDescription: This project consists of building a FTTP system to deploy voice, video, and data services to the Rural Appleton, MN exchange. The PFSA is primarily located in Swift County, with small portions in Big Stone and Chippewa Counties. The PFSA includes 152 residential, 7 Business and 1 anchor institution.
\nPublic Notice Response:
\nBroadband Initiatives Program (BIP)<\/p>\n

Applicant: FOND DU LAC RESERVATION
\nApplication ID: 6391
\nContact: JASON ROMAN HOLLINDAY
\n(218) 8782625
\njasonhollinday@fdlrez.com
\nProject Title: Fond du Lac Broadband Project
\nProgram: Broadband Initiatives Program (BIP)
\nProposed Project Area: Minnesota
\nProject Type: Last Mile
\nFunding Round: Winter 2010 Broadband Initiatives Program
\nGrant Request:
\nLoan Request:
\nOther Funding: $0.00
\n$1,062,035.00
\n$354,012.00
\nStatus: Application Received
\nDescription: The Fond du Lac Wireless Broadband Project would create a wireless broadband\/high speed Internet system on the Fond du Lac Reservation. The system would provide internet access to over 300 homes, and several community facilities. The procurement of high speed internet on the Reservation will be used as an economic tool and assist people to educate themselves, open a new marketplace for goods and services, create a more marketable workforce and open new job opportunities. The project will require the construction and installation of six towers and base station. Cost estimated for the towers and the base station is $1,416,792.00. A more detailed scope of work is located in the attachments with the “FDL Wireless Study.”
\nPublic Notice Response:
\nBroadband Initiatives Program (BIP)<\/p>\n

Applicant: JAGUAR COMMUNICATIONS, INC.
\nApplication ID: 5788
\nContact: DONNY TJELEMAN SMITH
\n(507) 2141001
\ndsmith@jagcom.net
\nProject Title: Southeastern Minnesota Open Fiber Initiative (SMOFI)
\nProgram: Broadband Initiatives Program (BIP)
\nProposed Project Area: Minnesota
\nProject Type: Last Mile
\nFunding Round: Winter 2010 Broadband Initiatives Program
\nGrant Request:
\nLoan Request:
\nOther Funding: $0.00
\n$33,999,578.00
\n$15,275,173.00
\nStatus: Application Received
\nDescription: The Southeastern Minnesota Open Fiber Initiative (SMOFI) is an \u00e2\u20acoeOpen Access\u00e2\u20ac FibertothePremise (FTTP) project, which will connect virtually every home, business, community anchor institution and critical facility in the Southern Minnesota counties of Steele and Dodge, and parts of Rice, which are predominantly unserved or underserved. The project will deliver broadband speeds of up to 1Gbps to every premise served and sets aside 25% of earned revenues for future expansion to rural and remote areas. The project will pass 16,414 households, 1,580 businesses and 515 Community Anchor Institutions and Critical Facilities. The project will be a critical part of
\nthe Mayo Clinic\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s \u00e2\u20acoeBEACON\u00e2\u20ac rural telehealth initiative. SMOFI will implement specific and substantive programs to deliver service to, and support community anchor institutions abilities to deliver services to the public.
\nPublic Notice Response:
\nBroadband Initiatives Program (BIP)<\/p>\n

Applicant: KASSON \\& MANTORVILLE TELEPHONE COMPANY
\nApplication ID: 5389
\nContact: MARY EHMKE
\n(507) 6342511
\nmehmke@kmtel.com
\nProject Title: Kasson & Mantorville Telephone Company: FibertotheHome
\nBroadband Deployment Project
\nProgram: Broadband Initiatives Program (BIP)
\nProposed Project Area: Minnesota
\nProject Type: Last Mile
\nFunding Round: Winter 2010 Broadband Initiatives Program
\nGrant Request:
\nLoan Request:
\nOther Funding: $0.00
\n$9,280,797.00
\n$3,977,484.00
\nStatus: Application Received
\nDescription: The Kasson & Mantorville Telephone Company FibertotheHome Broadband Deployment Project is a build out of existing infrastructure into underserved rural areas throughout the current serving company footprint. The project proposes to build fiber routes and improve network infrastructure to enable more robust high speed broadband connections to homes and businesses.
\nPublic Notice Response:
\nBroadband Initiatives Program (BIP)<\/p>\n

Applicant: LAKE, COUNTY OF
\nApplication ID: 4538
\nContact: GARY FIELDS
\n(651) 3433128
\ngfields@nationalpublicbroadband.org
\nProject Title: Lake County Fiber Network
\nProgram: Broadband Initiatives Program (BIP)
\nProposed Project Area: Minnesota
\nProject Type: Last Mile
\nFunding Round: Winter 2010 Broadband Initiatives Program
\nGrant Request:
\nLoan Request:
\nOther Funding: $3,500,000.00
\n$9,955,359.00
\n$56,413,705.00
\nStatus: Application Received
\nDescription: The Lake County Fiber Network will provide fibertothepremise connectivity to all homes and businesses in Lake County and eastern Saint Louis County, MN. The network will deliver state of the art voice, video and data services at affordable prices.
\nPublic Notice Response:
\nBroadband Initiatives Program (BIP)<\/p>\n

Applicant: NEXTERA COMMUNICATIONS LLC
\nApplication ID: 7493
\nContact: GREG ARVIG
\n(218) 8186410
\ngarvig@nextera.net
\nProject Title: Fort Ripley Broadband Project
\nProgram: Broadband Initiatives Program (BIP)
\nProposed Project Area: Minnesota
\nProject Type: Last Mile
\nFunding Round: Winter 2010 Broadband Initiatives Program
\nGrant Request:
\nLoan Request:
\nOther Funding: $0.00
\n$2,141,250.00
\n$713,750.00
\nStatus: Application Received
\nDescription: Nextera Communications currently serves Brainerd, Baxter and Little Falls with voice and data services. Based on the proposed application Nextera will construct 7 tower sites with 4G wireless technology to serve the unserved areas surrounding Brainerd, Baxter and Little Falls. The 4G wireless system will be capable of delivering up to 5M in bandwidth to end users. Towers will be connected via a 200M backbone microwave radio system and the proposed MSED fiber system if the companion MSED grant is awarded. The proposed system will leverage existing infrastructure to create a cost effective broadband solution to unserved markets.
\nPublic Notice Response:
\nBroadband Initiatives Program (BIP)<\/p>\n

Applicant: NORTHEAST SERVICE COOPERATIVE
\nApplication ID: 6621
\nContact: LYLE KEVIN MACVEY
\n(218) 7487623
\nlmacvey@nesc.k12.mn.us
\nProject Title: ArrowheadConnect Cook
\nCounty
\nProgram: Broadband Initiatives Program (BIP)
\nProposed Project Area: Minnesota
\nProject Type: Last Mile
\nFunding Round: Winter 2010 Broadband Initiatives Program
\nGrant Request:
\nLoan Request:
\nOther Funding: $8,589,223.00
\n$18,037,502.00
\n$7,730,358.00
\nStatus: Application Received
\nDescription: Fiber to the Home project leveraging the NESC Northeast Middle Mile Project funded in Round 1. This project will provide fiber based broadband to 6,235 households in one of the sparsest and northern most counties in MN. The project employs a new public sector management model that will engage and have strong local incumbent and cable carrier support. The model is unique in that nothing like it has been proposed before and stands to be the future model for deploying networks in sparsely populated, large rural areas. The model provides for both a “unbundled fiber to the home” carrier service and a bundled “lit” service to support low income and those that cannot afford along with connecting critical services to the regional network. It also has strong participation with the funded NESC Middle Mile Fiber Project and other ARRA funded projects in the region.
\nPublic Notice Response:
\nBroadband Initiatives Program (BIP)<\/p>\n

Applicant: PAUL BUNYAN RURAL TELEPHONE COOPERATIVE
\nApplication ID: 5688
\nContact: GARY JOHNSON
\n(218) 4441234
\ngjohnson@paulbunyan.net
\nProject Title: Northern Minnesota Broadband Extension Initiative
\nProgram: Broadband Initiatives Program (BIP)
\nProposed Project Area: Minnesota
\nProject Type: Last Mile
\nFunding Round: Winter 2010 Broadband Initiatives Program
\nGrant Request:
\nLoan Request:
\nOther Funding: $0.00
\n$20,097,748.00
\n$9,029,422.00
\nStatus: Application Received
\nDescription: The rapid growth and ensuing spread of communities in the rural landscape poses a challenge for Internet services providers. Paul Bunyan Telephone’s Northern Minnesota Broadband Extension Initiative proposes to fill this need by extending broadband services to areas lacking in those
\nservices.
\nPublic Notice Response:
\nBroadband Initiatives Program (BIP)<\/p>\n

Applicant: SJOBERG\\’S INC
\nApplication ID: 5696
\nContact: RICHARD J SJOBERG
\n(218) 6813044
\nrsjoberg@mncable.net
\nProject Title: Northwest Minnesota Fiber Project
\nProgram: Broadband Initiatives Program (BIP)
\nProposed Project Area: Minnesota
\nProject Type: Last Mile
\nFunding Round: Winter 2010 Broadband Initiatives Program
\nGrant Request:
\nLoan Request:
\nOther Funding: $207,129.00
\n$649,544.00
\n$216,516.00
\nStatus: Application Received
\nDescription: Sjoberg’s inc proposes to build state of the art, fiber to the premises (RF over Glass) extensions to 4 unserved\/ underserved areas near Thief River Falls and Roseau, MN. Sjoberg’s will provide these areas with 40 Mb\/s Broadband service, cable TV and telephone service. This will provide new jobs and simulate economic activity in the local business and farm community. It will also be used in conjunction with Emergency Services and Healthcare.
\nPublic Notice Response:
\nBroadband Initiatives Program (BIP)<\/p>\n

Applicant: UPSALA COOPERATIVE
\nTELEPHONE ASSOCIATION
\nApplication ID: 6014
\nContact: TONY GEBHARD
\n(320) 5732122
\ntony@sytekcom.com
\nProject Title: MN TriCounty
\nWireless Broadband Initiative
\nProgram: Broadband Initiatives Program (BIP)
\nProposed Project Area: Minnesota
\nProject Type: Last Mile
\nFunding Round: Winter 2010 Broadband Initiatives Program
\nGrant Request:
\nLoan Request:
\nOther Funding: $0.00
\n$22,308,234.00
\n$7,436,078.00
\nStatus: Application Received
\nDescription: Sytek Communication has a long history of being a successful and progressive telecommunications company for over 100 years. Careful analysis of the potential current unserved market shows an opportunity to fill the void of Broadband services which is either not available or substandard. The Company will be able to leverage their affiliation from their extensive industry contacts, which they have gained through industry affiliations, and other third party contacts which will all help support the rural communities. The Minnesota TriCounty Broadband Project would be an extension to the current Broadband project on which we are working. Sytek Communications would manage a wireless broadband system that would serve more than 1,600 square miles of 4G (WiMax) coverage for the counties of Todd, Morrison & Mille Lacs in central Minnesota.
\nPublic Notice Response:
\nBroadband Initiatives Program (BIP)<\/p>\n

Applicant: WIKSTROM TELEPHONE COMPANY, INCORPORATED
\nApplication ID: 4806
\nContact: ALAN LUNDEEN
\n(218) 4365214
\nalundeen@wiktel.com
\nProject Title: Wikstrom NW MN Broadband
\nProgram: Broadband Initiatives Program (BIP)
\nProposed Project Area: Minnesota
\nProject Type: Last Mile
\nFunding Round: Winter 2010 Broadband Initiatives Program
\nGrant Request:
\nLoan Request:
\nOther Funding: $0.00
\n$5,179,019.00
\n$2,219,581.00
\nStatus: Application Received
\nDescription: Wikstrom Telephone’s Project will deploy 414 miles of new cables and electronics for GPON fiber to the home in 6 communities of Kittson, Marshall and Roseau County for Broadband Services over 100 megabits. Electronic enhancements will be made to existing DSL customers to increase Broadband speeds up to 48mbs, along with 74 miles of additional fiber to the node, and a 150mb microwave upgrade for service to the NW Angle. The project facilities will pass 5115 households, 1499 businesses, and 83 critical community facilities.
\nPublic Notice Response:
\nBroadband Initiatives Program (BIP)<\/p>\n

Applicant: WOODSTOCK TELEPHONE CO INC
\nApplication ID: 4875
\nContact: KEN KNUTH
\n(507) 7772201
\nk.knuth@fecinc.com
\nProject Title: WTC 2010 Broadband Initiative
\nProgram: Broadband Initiatives Program (BIP)
\nProposed Project Area: Minnesota
\nProject Type: Last Mile
\nFunding Round: Winter 2010 Broadband Initiatives Program
\nGrant Request:
\nLoan Request:
\nOther Funding: $763,200.00
\n$10,629,096.00
\n$4,555,328.00
\nStatus: Application Received
\nDescription: Woodstock Telephone Company will expand its fiber network into neighboring rural communities by providing FTTP for over 3600 premises in 15 communities located within 3 counties in Southwest Minnesota. This expanded fiber network will provide bandwidth of over 20Mbps for advanced voice and data services. The company will utilize experienced management professionals to lead the deployment, operation, and maintenance of this new infrastructure, contributing to project success, efficient timeframes, and reducing the overall costs of deployment and maintenance.
\nPublic Notice Response:<\/p>\n

Applicant: QWEST CORPORATION
\nApplication ID: 4823
\nContact: MELISSA NEWMAN
\n(202) 4293120
\nMelissa.Newman@qwest.com
\nProject Title: Qwest 14state
\nHigh Speed Access Project
\nProgram: Broadband Initiatives Program (BIP)
\nProposed Project Area: Arizona, Colorado, Idaho, Iowa, Minnesota, Montana, Nebraska, New Mexico, North Dakota,
\nOregon, South Dakota, Utah, Washington, Wyoming
\nProject Type: Last Mile
\nFunding Round: Winter 2010 Broadband Initiatives Program
\nGrant Request:
\nLoan Request:
\nOther Funding: $118,170,540.00
\n$348,806,468.00
\n$0.00
\nStatus: Application Received
\nDescription: Qwest Corporation\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s project proposes deployment of High Speed Access within its current 14state ILEC footprint. Over 500,000 living units (LUs) in AZ, CO, ID, IA, MN, MT, NE, ND, NM, OR, SD, UT, WA and WY will be served with speeds ranging up to 40 Mbps downstream. About 90% of the LUs proposed for new or upgraded broadband service are in rural areas. The system design uses a combination of technologies including Ethernet, fiber and radio backhaul to reach covered LUs and varies based on the specific location and geography. The project will provide last mile infrastructure to support increasing capacity requirements and integrate new broadband
\ndependent applications and technologies. And, if funded, the project\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s $467 M investment will create more than 23,000 jobs for local economies in the 14 states (calculated from the Atkinson formula offered in a 2009 broadband study).
\nPublic Notice Response:<\/p>\n

Applicant: AIM WIRELESS SOLUTIONS, INC
\nApplication ID: 7247
\nContact: AHMAD ISSAM MALKAWI
\n(847) 3406250
\namalkawi@aimws.com
\nProject Title: Last mile for rural areas in the state of MN
\nProgram: Broadband Initiatives Program (BIP)
\nProposed Project Area: Minnesota
\nProject Type: Last Mile
\nFunding Round: Winter 2010 Broadband Initiatives Program
\nGrant Request:
\nLoan Request:
\nOther Funding: $2,107,541.00
\n$4,144,081.00
\n$2,047,071.00
\nStatus: Application Received
\nDescription: To deploy a WIMAX (802.16e standard) high speed broadband network in underserved and unserved areas in the state of MN. The network will offer reasonable and affordable high speed broadband data and voice over IP.
\nPublic Notice Response:<\/p>\n

Applicant: IOWA TELECOMMUNICATIONS SERVICES, INC.
\nApplication ID: 7686
\nContact: DAVID PORTER
\n(641) 7872928
\nDavid.Porter@IowaTelecom.com
\nProject Title: Connecting Rural Iowa: HighSpeed
\nBroadband Expansion 2
\nProgram: Broadband Initiatives Program (BIP)
\nProposed Project Area: Iowa, Minnesota
\nProject Type: Last Mile
\nFunding Round: Winter 2010 Broadband Initiatives Program
\nGrant Request:
\nLoan Request:
\nOther Funding: $4,078,946.00
\n$12,236,836.00
\n$0.00
\nStatus: Application Received
\nDescription: Iowa Telecom proposes to establish new DLC\/DSL nodes to expand highspeed broadband capability to 80 proposed funded service areas throughout Iowa. Each project will consist of burying fiber transport from the serving central office to the new node location or of connecting the new node to nearby existing fiber cable or to fiber cable placed in the middlemile application that Iowa Telecom also has filed in Round 2. The last mile networks that will be created through the various projects in this application will be capable of delivering broadband speeds of 3 mbps up to 15 mbps for residential and business customers between their premises and the DLC\/DSL node.
\nAreas that Iowa Telecom will serve with this project are primarily small outlying residential communities. We anticipate that this project will pass approximately 9,939 households and a relatively small amount of businesses
\nPublic Notice Response:<\/p>\n

Applicant: WINNEBAGO COOPERATIVE TELECOM ASSOCIATION
\nApplication ID: 4975
\nContact: TERRY WEGENER
\n(641) 5926105
\nterrywegener@wctatel.com
\nProject Title: WCTA 2010 Broadband Initiative
\nProgram: Broadband Initiatives Program (BIP)
\nProposed Project Area: Iowa, Minnesota
\nProject Type: Last Mile
\nFunding Round: Winter 2010 Broadband Initiatives Program
\nGrant Request:
\nLoan Request:
\nOther Funding: $0.00
\n$9,816,202.00
\n$9,816,202.00
\nStatus: Application Received
\nDescription: WCTA will expand the existing portions of its fiber network by providing FTTP for rural portions of about 21 communities in Iowa and Minnesota, and will provide bandwidth of over 5Mbps for advanced voice, video, and data services. The proposed service area is 100% rural and serves population in six counties. WCTA will utilize an experienced team of professionals to manage, deploy, operate, and maintain this new infrastructure, contributing to project success, efficient timeframes, and reducing the overall costs of deployment and maintenance.
\nPublic Notice Response:<\/p>\n

Applicant: KEYON COMMUNICATIONS, INC.
\nApplication ID: 6040
\nContact: JASON LAZAR
\n(310) 4036307
\njason.lazar@keyon.com
\nProject Title: KeyOn WiMAX Minnesota
\nProgram: Broadband Initiatives Program (BIP)
\nProposed Project Area: Minnesota
\nProject Type: Last Mile
\nFunding Round: Winter 2010 Broadband Initiatives Program
\nGrant Request:
\nLoan Request:
\nOther Funding: $19,366,993.00
\n$21,344,880.00
\n$9,182,141.00
\nStatus: Application Received
\nDescription: KeyOn will deliver fourth generation (4G), lastmile wireless broadband and digital phone service(VoIP) to 716,575 people in 361 of the most rural communities in Minnesota. Using KeyOn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s nationwide 3.65GHz license and the standards based WiMAX protocol, our network will offer Internet and digital phone service to 278,161 households and 37,828 businesses passed at speeds of up to 8Mbps download\/1.5Mbps upload at a cost far lower than competing technologies. KeyOn’s existing footprint covers customers in 11 states and over 50,000 square miles. Our financial strength and management team experience will ensure that the communities and their surrounding areas in the targeted PFSAs will be afforded nextgeneration broadband access into the foreseeable future.
\nPublic Notice Response:<\/p>\n

Applicant: RED RIVER RURAL TELEPHONE ASSN (INC)
\nApplication ID: 4733
\nContact: JEFFREY J. OLSON
\n(701) 5538309
\njeffolson@rrt.net
\nProject Title: RRT FTTP Broadband Upgrade Rural MN, ND and SD Exchanges
\nProgram: Broadband Initiatives Program (BIP)
\nProposed Project Area: Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota
\nProject Type: Last Mile
\nFunding Round: Winter 2010 Broadband Initiatives Program
\nGrant Request:
\nLoan Request:
\nOther Funding: $1,009,826.00
\n$4,544,219.00
\n$4,544,219.00
\nStatus: Application Received
\nDescription: The Red River Telephone (RRT) Fiber to the Premise (FTTP) Broadband Upgrade of rural Minnesota, North Dakota, and South Dakota exchanges will entail installing fiber to the premise to 1,272 unserved and underserved customer locations in 6 rural exchanges served by Red River Rural Telephone Association in Ransom, Richland, and Sargent counties of North Dakota, as well as Wilkin county in Minnesota and Roberts and Marshall counties in South Dakota. This extensive project will place approximately 690 route miles of fiber optic cable to the proposed areas, bringing broadband capabilities up to 100Mbps to customers who otherwise have relied on lesser quality services such as dialup, wireless or satellite broadband services, all of which offer speeds below the required service level.
\nPublic Notice Response:<\/p>\n

Applicant: NATIONAL RURAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS COOPERATIVE
\nApplication ID: 6781
\nContact: CHRIS MARTIN
\n(703) 7877288
\ncmartin@nrtc.coop
\nProject Title: Mille Lacs E.C. Mille
\nLacs County
\nProgram: Broadband Initiatives Program (BIP)
\nProposed Project Area: Minnesota
\nProject Type: Last Mile
\nFunding Round: Winter 2010 Broadband Initiatives Program
\nGrant Request:
\nLoan Request:
\nOther Funding: $0.00
\n$1,060,035.00
\n$454,301.00
\nStatus: Application Received
\nDescription: The National Rural Telecommunications Cooperative (NRTC) will bring affordable and reliable wireless broadband services to those rural portions of Mille Lacs County that lack highspeed broadband access. Using WiMAX technology, NRTC\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s proposed network will pass 4,676 households, 1,020 businesses and 56 critical community facilities\/public safety entities and will create\/save 4 jobs in Mille Lacs County. With over 20 years of experience in bringing innovative telecommunications products and services to rural America, NRTC has the track record to deploy promptly, ensure financial sustainability of the project, and facilitate rural economic development.
\nPublic Notice Response:<\/p>\n

Applicant: NATIONAL RURAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS COOPERATIVE
\nApplication ID: 6778
\nContact: CHRIS MARTIN
\n(703) 7877288
\ncmartin@nrtc.coop
\nProject Title: Mille Lacs E.C. Crow
\nWing County
\nProgram: Broadband Initiatives Program (BIP)
\nProposed Project Area: Minnesota
\nProject Type: Last Mile
\nFunding Round: Winter 2010 Broadband Initiatives Program
\nGrant Request:
\nLoan Request:
\nOther Funding: $0.00
\n$3,427,801.00
\n$1,469,059.00
\nStatus: Application Received
\nDescription: The National Rural Telecommunications Cooperative (NRTC) will bring affordable and reliable
\nwireless broadband services to those rural portions of Crow Wing County that lack highspeed
\nbroadband access. Using WiMAX technology, NRTC\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s proposed network will pass 5,523
\nhouseholds, 339 businesses and 89 critical community facilities\/public safety entities and will
\ncreate\/save 14 jobs in Crow Wing County. With over 20 years of experience in bringing innovative
\ntelecommunications products and services to rural America, NRTC has the track record to deploy
\npromptly, ensure financial sustainability of the project, and facilitate rural economic development.
\nPublic Notice Response:<\/p>\n

Applicant: NATIONAL RURAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS COOPERATIVE
\nApplication ID: 6777
\nContact: CHRIS MARTIN
\n(703) 7877288
\ncmartin@nrtc.coop
\nProject Title: Mille Lacs E.C. Aitken
\nCounty
\nProgram: Broadband Initiatives Program (BIP)
\nProposed Project Area: Minnesota
\nProject Type: Last Mile
\nFunding Round: Winter 2010 Broadband Initiatives Program
\nGrant Request:
\nLoan Request:
\nOther Funding: $0.00
\n$386,386.00
\n$165,595.00
\nStatus: Application Received
\nDescription: The National Rural Telecommunications Cooperative (NRTC) will bring affordable and reliable wireless broadband services to those rural portions of Aitkin County that lack highspeed broadband access. Using WiMAX technology, NRTC\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s proposed network will pass 355 households, 26 businesses and 11 critical community facilities\/public safety entities and will create\/ save 2 jobs in Aitken County. With over 20 years of experience in bringing innovative telecommunications products and services to rural America, NRTC has the track record to deploy promptly, ensure financial sustainability of the project, and facilitate rural economic development.
\nPublic Notice Response:<\/p>\n

Applicant: NATIONAL RURAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS COOPERATIVE
\nApplication ID: 6761
\nContact: CHRIS MARTIN
\n(703) 7877288
\ncmartin@nrtc.coop
\nProject Title: McLeod C.P.A. McLeod
\nCounty
\nProgram: Broadband Initiatives Program (BIP)
\nProposed Project Area: Minnesota
\nProject Type: Last Mile
\nFunding Round: Winter 2010 Broadband Initiatives Program
\nGrant Request:
\nLoan Request:
\nOther Funding: $0.00
\n$1,151,778.00
\n$493,619.00
\nStatus: Application Received
\nDescription: The National Rural Telecommunications Cooperative (NRTC) will bring affordable and reliable wireless broadband services to those rural portions of McLeod County that lack highspeed broadband access. Using WiMAX technology, NRTC\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s proposed network will pass 6,054 households, 1,382 businesses and 51 critical community facilities\/public safety entities and will create\/save 5 jobs in McLeod County. With over 20 years of experience in bringing innovative telecommunications products and services to rural America, NRTC has the track record to deploy promptly, ensure financial sustainability of the project, and facilitate rural economic development.
\nPublic Notice Response:<\/p>\n

Applicant: NATIONAL RURAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS COOPERATIVE
\nApplication ID: 6776
\nContact: CHRIS MARTIN
\n(703) 7877288
\ncmartin@nrtc.coop
\nProject Title: McLeod C.P.A. Sibley
\nCounty
\nProgram: Broadband Initiatives Program (BIP)
\nProposed Project Area: Minnesota
\nProject Type: Last Mile
\nFunding Round: Winter 2010 Broadband Initiatives Program
\nGrant Request:
\nLoan Request:
\nOther Funding: $0.00
\n$637,472.00
\n$273,202.00
\nStatus: Application Received
\nDescription: The National Rural Telecommunications Cooperative (NRTC) will bring affordable and reliable wireless broadband services to those rural portions of Sibley County that lack highspeed broadband access. Using WiMAX technology, NRTC\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s proposed network will pass 1,445 households, 164 businesses and 20 critical community facilities\/public safety entities and will create\/save 3 jobs in Sibley County. With over 20 years of experience in bringing innovative telecommunications products and services to rural America, NRTC has the track record to deploy promptly, ensure financial sustainability of the project, and facilitate rural economic development.
\nPublic Notice Response:<\/p>\n

Applicant: NATIONAL RURAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS COOPERATIVE
\nApplication ID: 6762
\nContact: CHRIS MARTIN
\n(703) 7877288
\ncmartin@nrtc.coop
\nProject Title: McLeod C.P.A. Renville
\nCounty
\nProgram: Broadband Initiatives Program (BIP)
\nProposed Project Area: Minnesota
\nProject Type: Last Mile
\nFunding Round: Winter 2010 Broadband Initiatives Program
\nGrant Request:
\nLoan Request:
\nOther Funding: $0.00
\n$504,600.00
\n$216,258.00
\nStatus: Application Received
\nDescription: The National Rural Telecommunications Cooperative (NRTC) will bring affordable and reliable wireless broadband services to those rural portions of Renville County that lack highspeed broadband access. Using WiMAX technology, NRTC\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s proposed network will pass 1,467 households, 221 businesses and 22 critical community facilities\/public safety entities and will create\/save 2 jobs in Renville County. With over 20 years of experience in bringing innovative telecommunications products and services to rural America, NRTC has the track record to deploy promptly, ensure financial sustainability of the project, and facilitate rural economic development.
\nPublic Notice Response:<\/p>\n

Applicant: ARIZONA TELEPHONE COMPANY
\nApplication ID: 5543
\nContact: TIMOTHY W ULRICH
\n(608) 6644114
\ntimothy.ulrich@tdstelecom.com
\nProject Title: Arizona Telephone Company: Broadband project to serve rural unserved establishments
\nProgram: Broadband Initiatives Program (BIP)
\nProposed Project Area: Arizona, Colorado, Maine, Minnesota, Wisconsin
\nProject Type: Last Mile
\nFunding Round: Winter 2010 Broadband Initiatives Program
\nGrant Request:
\nLoan Request:
\nOther Funding: $1,338,270.00
\n$4,014,808.00
\n$0.00
\nStatus: Application Received
\nDescription: Arizona Telephone Company, a subsidiary of TDS Telecom, proposes a project to bring highspeed DSL broadband service to unserved establishments within its rural service territory, which is comparable to the DSL service provided in its more populated areas. The network is also engineered so that it can be easily upgraded at a reasonable cost to meet future needs.
\nPublic Notice Response:<\/p>\n

Applicant: ARVIG TELEPHONE COMPANY
\nApplication ID: 6016
\nContact: TIMOTHY W. ULRICH
\n(608) 6644114
\ngra@tdstelecom.com
\nProject Title: Arvig Telephone Company: Broadband project to serve rural unserved establishments
\nProgram: Broadband Initiatives Program (BIP)
\nProposed Project Area: Arizona, Colorado, Maine, Minnesota, Wisconsin
\nProject Type: Last Mile
\nFunding Round: Winter 2010 Broadband Initiatives Program
\nGrant Request:
\nLoan Request:
\nOther Funding: $1,682,722.00
\n$5,048,168.00
\n$0.00
\nStatus: Application Received
\nDescription: Arvig Telephone Company, a subsidiary of TDS Telecom, proposes a project to bring highspeed DSL broadband service to unserved establishments within its rural service territory, which is comparable to the DSL service provided in its more populated areas. The network is also engineered so that it can be easily upgraded at a reasonable cost to meet future needs.
\nPublic Notice Response:<\/p>\n

Applicant: BERTRAM COMMUNICATIONS, LLC
\nApplication ID: 6628
\nContact: JAMES BERTRAM
\n(920) 9942388
\nbroadbandusa@bertramwireless.com
\nProject Title: Wisconsin on Wireless (WOW)
\nProgram: Broadband Initiatives Program (BIP)
\nProposed Project Area: Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota, Wisconsin
\nProject Type: Last Mile
\nFunding Round: Winter 2010 Broadband Initiatives Program
\nGrant Request:
\nLoan Request:
\nOther Funding: $0.00
\n$15,640,773.00
\n$36,495,136.00
\nStatus: Application Received
\nDescription: The Bertram Wireless project will provide the first ever 4G highspeed broadband Internet service to underserved areas in North and Eastern Wisconsin.
\nPublic Notice Response:<\/p>\n

Applicant: DELTA COUNTY TELECOMM,
\nINC
\nApplication ID: 5583
\nContact: TIMOTHY W ULRICH
\n(608) 6644114
\ntimothy.ulrich@tdstelecom.com
\nProject Title: Delta County TeleComm,
\nInc.: Broadband project to serve rural unserved establishments
\nProgram: Broadband Initiatives Program (BIP)
\nProposed Project Area: Arizona, Colorado, Maine, Minnesota, Wisconsin
\nProject Type: Last Mile
\nFunding Round: Winter 2010 Broadband Initiatives Program
\nGrant Request:
\nLoan Request:
\nOther Funding: $608,993.00
\n$1,826,979.00
\n$0.00
\nStatus: Application Received
\nDescription: Delta County TeleComm,
\nInc., a subsidiary of TDS Telecom, proposes a project to bring highspeed DSL broadband service to unserved establishments within its rural service territory, which is
\ncomparable to the DSL service provided in its more populated areas. The network is also engineered so that it can be easily upgraded at a reasonable cost to meet future needs.
\nPublic Notice Response:<\/p>\n

Applicant: HILBERT COMMUNICATIONS LLC
\nApplication ID: 7723
\nContact: STEVEN JAMES SCHNEIDER
\n(920) 2022390
\nsschneider@intelegra.biz
\nProject Title: See a Need. Fill a Need. Rural Wisconsin.
\nProgram: Broadband Initiatives Program (BIP)
\nProposed Project Area: Illinois, Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota, Wisconsin
\nProject Type: Last Mile
\nFunding Round: Winter 2010 Broadband Initiatives Program
\nGrant Request:
\nLoan Request:
\nOther Funding: $24,733,314.00
\n$37,087,522.00
\n$37,087,522.00
\nStatus: Application Received
\nDescription: Hilbert Communications intends to provide 7.214.4 Mbps broadband service throughout unserved and underserved portions of 26 counties in rural Wisconsin utilizing AlcatelLucent UMTS HSPA+ equipment and connecting these sites with a combination of Hilbert’s existing 1,200 mile fiberoptic cable system operating at 1040
\nGBps as well as through fiber being built through awards made to the State of Wisconsin Department of Administration Middle Mile and The Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System Middle Mile awarded in Round1 of the ARRA Rural Broadband Grants under open access filing. Individual homes and businesses will be connected by utilizing a product known as the “BugSurfer”(tm)which contains two Ethernet ports with tested speeds of 3.0 to 7.2 Mbps Downlink and 3.0 to 5.4 Mbps Uplink. The BugSurfer also has a built in WiFi “Hotspot” and a VoIP port for voice.
\nPublic Notice Response:<\/p>\n

Applicant: ISLAND TELEPHONE COMPANY
\nApplication ID: 6020
\nContact: TIMOTHY W. ULRICH
\n(608) 6644114
\ngra@tdstelecom.com
\nProject Title: Island Telephone Company: Broadband project to serve rural unserved establishments
\nProgram: Broadband Initiatives Program (BIP)
\nProposed Project Area: Michigan, Minnesota
\nProject Type: Last Mile
\nFunding Round: Winter 2010 Broadband Initiatives Program
\nGrant Request:
\nLoan Request:
\nOther Funding: $667,176.00
\n$2,001,528.00
\n$0.00
\nStatus: Application Received
\nDescription: Island Telephone Company, a subsidiary of TDS Telecom, proposes a project to bring highspeed DSL broadband service to unserved establishments within its rural service territory, which is comparable to the DSL service provided in its more populated areas. The network is also engineered so that it can be easily upgraded at a reasonable cost to meet future needs.
\nPublic Notice Response:<\/p>\n

Applicant: MARQUETTEADAMS
\nTELEPHONE COOPERATIVE, INC.
\nApplication ID: 6060
\nContact: JERRY LYDELL SCHNEIDER
\n(608) 5720106
\njschneider@maadtelco.com
\nProject Title: Broadband Edge Out MarquetteAdams
\nTelephone Cooperative
\nProgram: Broadband Initiatives Program (BIP)
\nProposed Project Area: Arizona, Colorado, Maine, Minnesota, Wisconsin
\nProject Type: Last Mile
\nFunding Round: Winter 2010 Broadband Initiatives Program
\nGrant Request:
\nLoan Request:
\nOther Funding: $0.00
\n$13,805,175.00
\n$6,202,326.00
\nStatus: Application Received
\nDescription: Extend fiber optic service from existing Telephone Cooperative service area to unserved rural areas bordering our current territory. All customers in our current territory can get broadband serves, digital cable television and advanced voices service from us now. As a Cooperative we are committed to provide the highest grade of service at the lowest price that can insure a sustained reliable network.<\/p>\n

Applicant: MIDSTATE
\nTELEPHONE CO.
\nApplication ID: 5527
\nContact: TIMOTHY W. ULRICH
\n(608) 6644114
\ngra@tdstelecom.com
\nProject Title: MidState
\nTelephone Company: Broadband project to serve rural unserved establishments
\nProgram: Broadband Initiatives Program (BIP)
\nProposed Project Area: Michigan, Minnesota
\nProject Type: Last Mile
\nFunding Round: Winter 2010 Broadband Initiatives Program
\nGrant Request:
\nLoan Request:
\nOther Funding: $1,105,145.00
\n$3,315,435.00
\n$0.00
\nStatus: Application Received
\nDescription: MidState
\nTelephone Company, a subsidiary of TDS Telecom, proposes a project to bring highspeed DSL broadband service to unserved establishments within its rural service territory, which is comparable to the DSL service provided in its more populated areas. The network is also engineered so that it can be easily upgraded at a reasonable cost to meet future needs.
\nPublic Notice Response:<\/p>\n

Applicant: PIERCE, COUNTY OF
\nApplication ID: 5191
\nContact: BRAD ROY
\n(715) 2736747
\nbrad.roy@co.pierce.wi.us
\nProject Title: Pierce County Broadband
\nProgram: Broadband Initiatives Program (BIP)
\nProposed Project Area: Minnesota, Wisconsin
\nProject Type: Last Mile
\nFunding Round: Winter 2010 Broadband Initiatives Program
\nGrant Request:
\nLoan Request:
\nOther Funding: $1,000,000.00
\n$35,335,000.00
\n$0.00
\nStatus: Application Received
\nDescription: Pierce County Broadband is a project to provide mobile broadband throughout Pierce County, WI. The project will make broadband available for every resident and business. The secure network will also improve public safety, support economic development, enhance health care and advance educational opportunities.<\/p>\n

Applicant: WEST PENOBSCOT TELEPHONE AND TELEGRAPH COMPANY, THE
\nApplication ID: 5548
\nContact: TIMOTHY W. ULRICH
\n(608) 6644114
\ngra@tdstelecom.com
\nProject Title: West Penobscot Telephone and Telegraph Co: Broadband project to serve rural unserved
\nestablishments
\nProgram: Broadband Initiatives Program (BIP)
\nProposed Project Area: Arizona, Colorado, Maine, Minnesota, Wisconsin
\nProject Type: Last Mile
\nFunding Round: Winter 2010 Broadband Initiatives Program
\nGrant Request:
\nLoan Request:
\nOther Funding: $518,327.00
\n$1,554,981.00
\n$0.00
\nStatus: Application Received
\nDescription: The West Penobscot Telephone and Telegraph Company, a subsidiary of TDS Telecom, proposes a project to bring highspeed DSL broadband service to unserved establishments within its rural service territory, which is comparable to the DSL service provided in its more populated areas. The network is also engineered so that it can be easily upgraded at a reasonable cost to meet future needs.<\/p>\n

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